Share Having just tried a clay pipe at home, I noticed a couple things about it. Not only is the smoke much cooler, but it burns extremely well. Thought the bowl itself is small — no larger than the size of one’s thumb — I surprisingly enjoyed the very brief smoke to contrast a good [...]
Share “Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln” – Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832) The handicapped are the model citizens of tomorrow. That sounds like the very worst of what many Americans would consider to be a conservative viewpoint. Cold, meritless, individualistic, and unfeeling — it is the perfect caricature [...]
Share I watched this last night and was surprised by two things: (1) how objectively fair Anderson Cooper was to this gentleman from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and (2) how… well… how some folks will believe anything to whitewash the Confederacy. Longtime readers of this blog know that I squarely oppose the idea of [...]
Share Do not watch this if you are squeamish. Liberia is a nation suffering from a 20-year civil war that stands on the brink of re-emergence at any given time. It is also the 4th poorest country in the world, and one a very direct history with the United States. If Liberia had oil…
Share Delegate Ward Armstrong (D-Henry) is entertaining statewide ambitions. Speaker Bill Howell is… well, just entertaining. For those not familiar with the antics of Virginia’s House of Commons Delegates, this is wholly appropriate. Whether or not Ward Armstrong will ever be able to sell himself as something other than a socialist remains to be seen. [...]
Share One has to admire certain British MEPs for their candor. In this instance, I’m pretty certain Farage missed wildly… So what was the point of this exercise? Certainly no one would talk to the British Prime Minister or the President of the United States like this… or any other foreign dignitary for that matter. [...]
Share February 19th, 2009 — the day Rick Santelli kicked off the movement: This moment really took off when Santelli turned away from the camera and towards the traders (get to 1:00 for the real McCoy). Give props to the traders on the floor of NASDAQ… if Santelli was the tap, those traders were the [...]
Share This is an Atlas V rocket on 11 February breaking through the sound barrier (fast forward to 1:40 if you’re a boring person): What you’re seeing is a sonic boom rippling the water vapor in the atmosphere. The cool factor on this approximates 10 really darned quick.
Share The NRSC hits this one out of the park: That’s just well done.
Share This is about how it was at church today, without the Russians: Good news is that tomorrow will be 41deg and (mostly) rain. Enough snow already!